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Standing beside a plant 6 feet tall with more than 100 ripening tomatoes, Marshdale resident Dave Staub talked about his gardening techniques, which include a "home brew" of soil enhancements.

In Staub's workshop is an assortment of ingredients ranging from worm castings and seabird guano to Brer Rabbit Molasses and humic acid. An electric mixer blends them into a brown foaming liquid that Staub pours into the soil in which his vegetables are growing with vigor.

The Jeffco Planning Commission has recommended that two properties on Myers Gulch Road in Kittredge be rezoned from Commercial 1 to Planned Development.

Mike Piller, owner of the properties, is seeking the rezoning to allow additional uses.

With rezoning, the lower level of the building at 3430 Myers Gulch Road could be used as professional and retail space, and the upper level for residential units — which could be rented as affordable housing.

After going through the process of publishing a first book about intuition with an established company, Evergreen author Anne Salisbury and her husband, Greg Meyerhoff, decided to create their own enterprise for the second one.

“It used to be that there was no choice. You were at the mercy of publishing companies. … That’s the way it was done,” said Meyerhoff. “You didn’t have the technology you have today.”

Participating residents can weigh in on possible future projects such as expansion of the swimming pool at Buchanan Recreation Center and other additions such as an indoor running track and added classroom space. Lighted playing fields are another issue for those taking the survey to consider.

Evergreen resident Rhonda Dern is organizing A Hike to Heal at Alderfer/Three Sisters Park on Sept. 21 to support organizations that help people affected by HIV and AIDS.

"I'm trying to focus this hike on Colorado projects," Dern said.

Those who participate in the 3-mile hike, or donate to the event, will be assisting the efforts of the Center for the Church and Global AIDS, as well as the Phenomenal Women program of It Takes a Village, a group based in Denver.

Singing as they piloted wheelbarrows filled with compost, members of Boy Scout Troop 888 were hard at work at the community garden in Buchanan Park on Sunday morning.

“You have to use brute force,” Dillon Mathues said to another Scout who was unloading a pile of compost they were moving.

The Scouts were learning how to create and manage compost to earn gardening merit badges and advance in their ranks. They also seemed to be having a good time while chopping discarded plants to make more compost.

After starting at the bottom rung and working his way up in the Jeffco Sheriff’s Office over the past 29 years, Jeff Shrader believes he’s ready to lead.

Even though the election to select a new sheriff isn’t until November 2014, Shrader and another Republican, John Berry, already have announced bids. Sheriff Ted Mink is term-limited; he was appointed to the post by the county commissioners in 2003 and was elected in 2006 and 2010.

Conifer and Evergreen have been feeling a bit “under the weather” this summer, but this year that’s been a good thing.

“The rain has reduced the number of wildfire-related calls,” said Evergreen Fire Chief Mike Weege. “Dry lightning is what we fear the most, but the moisture content has been high.”

The mountain area was blasted with rain in July and August. Kari Bowen, a meteorologist in the National Weather Service’s Boulder office, said the early-summer forecast was ideal for rainfall in the mountains.